Saññā
Perception, Once-knowing
References:
Puremind Press: Awakening Meditation, M. Punnaji, pp.7-16
[DN 33]
Sangiti Suttanta in Pāḷi
PTS: Dialogs of the Buddha III, #33: The Recital, T.W. and C.A.F. Rhys Davids, trans., pp201
WP: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, #33: The Chanting Together, M. Walshe, trans., pp479
[DN 22]
PTS: Dialogs of the BuddhaThe Setting Up of Mindfulness
Soma Thera, ATI: The Discourse on the Arousing of Mindfulness
ATI: Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Frames of Reference
[MN 10]
PTS: The Middle Length Sayings, I, #10: Applications of Mindfulness, Horner, trans., pp78
WP: The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, #10: The Foundations of Mindfulness, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans., pp152
[AN 10.27]
PTS: The Book of the Gradual Sayings, V: The Book of the Tens, The Great Chapter, The Great Questions, Woodward, trans., pp36ff
| Pāḷi | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward | Soma Thera |
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| Saññā | perception | perceptions, conscious states, thoughts [AN 5.61] | perception | perception | perception | perception | perception | perception | perception | perception | ideas | perception |
Pāḷi Text Society
Pāḷi English Dictionary
Edited by T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede
[EDITED ENTRY]
Saññā: [fr. saṅ+jñā] 1. sense, consciousness, perception, being the third khandha Vin I.13; M I.300; S III.3 sq.;... - 2. sense, perception, discernment, recognition, assimilation of sensations, awareness M I.293; A III.443 (nibbāna-); S III.87;... - 3. consciousness D I.180 sq.; M I.108;... is previous to ñāṇa D I.185; a constituent part of nāma S II.3... -n'evasaññā-na-saññā neither consciousness nor unconsciousness D III.224, 262 sq.; M I.41, 160; II.255; III.28, 44;... - 4. conception, idea, notion D I.28; III.289 (cp. Dial. III.263: "concept rather than percept"); M III.104; S I.107;...- 5. sign, gesture token, mark...paṇṇa- a mark of leaves...rajjusaññā a rope used as a mark, a guiding rope...rukkha-saññaṃ pabbata-saññaṃ karonto, using trees and hills as guiding marks...saññaṃ dadāti to give the sign (with the whip, for the horse to start)...- 6. saññā is twofold, paṭighasamphassajā and adhivacanasamphassajā i. e. sense impression and recognition (impression of something similar, "association by similarity," as when a seen person calls up some one we know),...; threefold, rūpasaññā, paṭighasaññā, and nānattasaññā A II.184; S II.211;...or kāma-, vyāpāda-, vihiṃsā-...fivefold (pañca vimutti-paripācaniyā saññā); anicca-, anicce dukkha-, dukkhe anatta-, pahāna-, virāga- D III.243, cp. A III.334; there are six perceptions of rūpa, sadda, gandha, rasa, phoṭṭhabba, and dhamma, D II.309; S III.60; the sevenfold perception, anicca-, anatta-, asubha-, ādīnava-, pahāna-, virāga-, and nirodha-saññā, D II.79; cp. A III.79; the tenfold perception, asubha-, maraṇa-, āhāre paṭikkūla-, sabbaloke anabhirata-, anicca-, anicce dukkha-, dukkhe anatta-, pahāna-, virāga-, nirodha-saññā A V.105; the one perception, āhāre paṭikkūlasaññā, Cpd. 21. - 7....
-gata perceptible, the world of sense M I.38.
-bhava conscious existence Vism 572; VbhA 183.
-vedayitanirodha cessation of consciousness and sensation M I.160, 301; III.45; A I.41...
